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Shock of Shocks: Jim Boeheim's 2018 Retirement No Longer Seems Locked In

Related Topics: Jim Boeheim, Tom Cruise, Daryl Gross

Jim Boeheim has gone from being coy about potentially extending his tenure past the 2017-2018 season to outright admitting it's possible.

Memory is a funny thing. You know how we all remember Tom Cruise jumping up and down on Oprah's couch like a crazy person? We can all picture it, right? The weird thing is, it didn't happen. At least, that specific moment. It's true. Cracked recounted the whole thing and how the way we digested edited clips from the event influenced the way we remember it.

I was reminded of that when I took a look back at the initial announcement regarding Jim Boeheim's planned retirement by 2018.